Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	123% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	93.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte B250M-DS3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '18 at 08:33
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 140 2-Core 276 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 762 80% 641 Pts	64-Core 758 47% 758 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% PNY(196E 1213) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 191 Parallax 190 140% 184 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 165 Splatting 117 108% 133 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 436GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 13 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 62 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 6 (F1) Unknown 99 99 74028841	93.7% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 405 Mixed 427 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 22.7 143% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 34.1 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 101 94% 137 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 129%
Micron_M600_MTFDDAY128MBF 128GB 153 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 45GB free Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6696 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 969 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 91 91 284 (AE) Unknown 100 100 228 (B4) Unknown 0 0 859 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 43 28 309238366265 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 91 91 9 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 19797224614 (F7) Unknown 100 100 621787605 (F8) Unknown 100 100 720092793	84.2% Excellent	Read 511 Write 354 Mixed 391 93% 419 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 25.2 131% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 24.5 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 35.4 39% 62.8 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 96%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 188019848 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 97 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1567931 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 279 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 118 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 60 606273571 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 105 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 64424509475 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 40767829574162 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2420250784 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5605557930	86.4% Excellent	Read 136 Write 164 Mixed 112 103% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 5.32 4K Mixed 0.7 204% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 859B BLS8G4D240FSB.16FARG 16GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	82% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 25.3 82% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 32.7 SC Mixed 24.9 72% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 85%

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Gaming 25%

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Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H - $110

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	884x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	849x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	562x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	697x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	532x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	327x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	167x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	118x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	112x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	89x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	84x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	68x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $334

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16